Means for supporting pipe-coils for liquid-cooling boxes.



No. 7I4,2I8. Patented Nov. 25, I902.

A. F. MEYER.

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING PIPE COILS FOR LIQUID COOLING BOXES.

(Application filed J'unq 27, 1902.

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES AUGUST F. MEYER, OF

BUFFALO, NEIV YORK.

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING PIPE-COILS FOR LIQUID-COOLING BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,218, dated November25, 1902.

Application filed June 27, 1902. Serial ll'o. 113,411. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, AUGUST F. MEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for SupportingPipe- Ooils for Liquid-Cooling Boxes; and I do declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to means for supporting pipe-coils forliquid-cooling boxes; and the object of the invention is to provide asupport for coils of this kind which will keep them from crushing orkinking and at the same time is sanitary and affords ventilation and iseasily cleansed, all as hereinafter fully described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevationof a portion of abox containing a coil seated on my new and improveddisk or ring support; and 'Fig. 2 is a plan View in'cross-line w 00,Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the disk alone. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the tubular screw which serves as a conduit for thelower terminal of the coil through the bottom of the box, and Fig. 5 isa vertical sectional elevation of said screw and coil or pipe united asin use in the box.

The box A presumably is an ice-box, and C is a pipe coil located in saidbox and through which a cooling-draft of any kind can be drawn, such asbeer or other liquid, and which is delivered through faucet F.

The essential novelty in this case resides first in the construction ofpart D, Fig. 3, referred to herein as a disk or ring. This part forms aseat or support for coil 0 of pecul iar and material advantage,beingconstructed upon its top with a channel or groove extending entirelyaround the same and gradually deepeningfrom its comparatively shallowbeginning at (Z to' its deepest point cl, or the beginning, in a sense,is at d, and the said channel gradually grows shallow around to theother extremity d, on which the second coil rises over the first onebeneath, as seen in Fig. 2. Another feature of the disk or ring D is itscentral opening d from top to bottom, and there are in addition one ormore recesses 61 on its under side, which, with the central opening (Zafford free ventilation about said base or support D for the coil. Thispromotes cleanliness about said base, and the construction of said partis such as to afford a perfect foundation for the 'coil, not onlysupporting it at every point with uniformity, but by keeping the entirecoil open and free promoting a free and undisturbed flow of liquidthrough the pipe. Then,

again, by having the gradually deepening channel or groove d, as shown,I conform the support exactly to the inclination of the coil, and thisassures aperfect drainage for the coil when emptying thereof is requiredor the pipe is out of use and there is no possible tapping of liquid, asoccurs when a portion of the coil is horizontally disposed. Thisconstruction also keeps the pipe or coil in a rigid or fixed position onits base Without possible shifting. In conjunction with the disk thusconstructed I employ a joint or coupling H, which is in fashion similarto a tubular screw or coupling-tube, having a flanged or flaring headand an external thread engaged by nut h beneath the bottom of box A. Theend of pipe-coil O is projected into or through this coupling-tube and apair of lugs h at its top and side hold the pipe laterally in rightrelation to the lowest point d of the channel in coil-support D. Thepipe 0 itself may run to any near or distant source of liquid-supply, orthe coupling of the pipes may be effected at this point, and between thegrooved seat D and the coupling member H the pipe 0 is rigidly securedand is given perfect drainage. Suitable packing h on the pipe makes anon-leakable connection in the floor for coupling H.

It will be noticed that while all of channel d all runs in a circle onthe top of support D the lowest point in said channel leads out throughthe Wall of said support at substantially right angles to the initial orhighest point 01 of said channel and that pipe 0 leaves the coil at thispoint for its outside connections, and the said support has something ofan angular projection d at this point. Furthermore, the shallow portionor end (Z of the ICO channel starts at the top of the wall of itsdeepest portion d, which is also the outlet of said channel.

The end of pipe 0 is forced back over the end of coupling member H, anda flange is thereby formed, which effectually seals or i loses theopenin g leading through said couping.

What I claim is- Y 1. As a new article of manufacture, a substantiallyring-shaped support for a pipe-coil for liquid-cooling boxes having agraduallydeepening circular channel in its top and the lowest point inthe channel open across the outer wall of the support and havingventilating-openings in its bottom, substantially as described.

2. The substantially ring-shaped coil-support having agradually-deepening channel in its top running out at its deepest pointand having an open interior and ventilating-openings in its bottom,substantially as described.

3. The support having a gradually-deepening channel with its lowestpoint open later= ally through the wall of the support, and a pipe-coilresting in said channel and having its lower end entering through thelowest point of said channel and overlapped by the second coil, incombination with the box A carrying said support and the plug H in thebottom of the box with which the lower end of the coil is connected,substantially as described.

t. The support having a gradually-deepenin g seat and a coil thereonhaving its end projecting laterally from said seat, in combination witha tubular coupling to which said end is engaged and confining-lugs onsaid coupling for said coil, substantially as described.

\Vitness my hand to the foregoing specification this 17th day of June,1902.

AUGUST F. MEYER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. SUSDORF, SAMUEL W. HOFHEINS.

